The Rocket Challenge
Teaching Hub
Are you ready to embark on your STEM space adventure?
Welcome to your Mission Command headquarters. Here you’ll find all the resources you need to guide you through every step of the challenge.
– Find lesson plans, and preparation one pagers in the teaching guide.
– Find detailed notes on student activities and learning concepts, and achievement objectives in the support notes.
– Get easy access to instructional and training videos.
– Find all your printable and downloadable resources in one convenient location.
Get your blast off competition entry in!
Bring your Rocket Challenge story to life by creating an epic video or poster for the final blast-off competition.
The prize
All schools that enter will go in the draw to win one of two LEGO sets!
First place
- space mission set (1700 pieces)
- lots of bricks set (1000 pieces)
- bricks and wheels set (653 pieces)
- build together set (1601 pieces)
- 2x baseplates
Runner-up
- space mission set (1700 pieces)
- lots of bricks set (1000 pieces)
- 2x baseplates
Entries are due by 7 August
Send a copy of your video or poster to the Wonder Project Community Facebook Group, or to wonder@engineeringnz.org.
Printable and downloadable resources
Scroll down to find all of the printable and downloadable resources you need to run the challenge successfully.
Student resources
Student Mission Briefs booklet
Download and print a workbook of all the student activities in English for modules 1–6 (print A3, double-sided, flip on short edge).
Student Mission Briefs (PDF, 1.5 MB)Ngā Tohutohu ā-Whāinga mā te Ākonga
Download and print a workbook of all the student activities in te reo for modules 1–6 (print A3, double-sided, flip on short edge).
Ngā Tohutohu ā-Whāinga mā te Ākonga (PDF, 1.6 MB)Sticker progress chart
Track students’ progress as they work through the modules.
Sticker chart (PDF, 115.5 KB)Poster: Engineering design process
Poster on the engineering design process – four steps engineers use to solve a problem.
Engineering design process (PDF, 313.6 KB)Poster: Health and safety rules
Summarises the 10 health and safety rules of the Rocket Challenge.
Health and safety rules (PDF, 230.8 KB)Poster: Newton’s laws
Summarises Newton’s three laws of motion with Kiwiana examples.
Newton’s laws (PDF, 468.7 KB)Teaching resources
Teaching guide
Download and print the lesson guides and preparation one pagers for Modules 1–6 to help you teach the Rocket Challenge.
Teaching guide (PDF, 234.1 KB)Support notes
Download and print the detailed support notes on Rocket Challenge activities and key concepts.
Support notes (PDF, 3.3 MB)Ambassador presentation template
Download our ambassador presentation template to use for telling your career story in Module 1.
Presentation template (POTX, 29.8 MB)Information and flyers
Overview of the programme
Summarises what students will learn during the Rocket Challenge
Programme overview (PDF, 1.3 MB)Information for parents
Print out a copy for each student to take home to their whānau.
Take home information (PDF, 885.0 KB)Information for online ambassadors
A quick summary on how to tackle the challenge as an online ambassador.
Online ambassador information (PDF, 135.0 KB)Rocket launcher online instruction manual
Online instruction manual to help you put together your rocket launcher.
Launcher instruction manual (PDF, 699.9 KB)Helpful videos
How to put together and use your launcher
Rocket Challenge training videos
Impact surveys
Make sure you complete our pre and post challenge surveys. These are an important tool for us to improve the programme each year and continue our funding to keep the Wonder Project free for schools.
Before you start the challenge
In the final module
Student Hub
Access the content your class should work through to complete the challenge.